Aanderud Paul Quotes & Sayings

The food surpluses produced by peasants, coupled with new transportation technology, eventually enabled more and more people to cram together first into large villages, then into towns, and finally into cities, all of them joined together by new kingdoms and commercial networks. Yet in order to take advantage of these new opportunities, food surpluses and improved transportation were not enough. The mere fact that one can feed a thousand people in the same town or a million people in the same kingdom does not guarantee that they can agree how to divide the land and water, how to settle disputes and conflicts, and how to act in times of drought or war. And if no agreement can be reached, strife spreads, even if the storehouses are bulging. It was not food shortages that caused most of history's wars and revolutions. The — Yuval Noah Harari

The appropriate response to terrorist crimes is police work, which has been successful worldwide. — Noam Chomsky

Death is a doorway. It is a very small, thin doorway and only a portion of our being can walk through. — Frederick Lenz

All exiles carry a map within them that points the way homeward. — Jacqueline Carey

Love, and you will live. Live, and you will love. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I've only got a fraction of the energy I once had, but I think I probably use it better. — Clive James

Inadequate love is love. Unrequited love is love. — Lan Samantha Chang